What is candied fruit?

Preserved fruits and vegetables are the main raw materials, with or without food additives and other auxiliary materials, and they are preserved (or not preserved) with sugar, honey or salt. Including candied fruit, preserved fruit, candied fruit, oral fruit, fruit cake and fruit Dan. [ 1]

Candied fruit is also called preserved fruit, and it was called honey frying in ancient times. China folk molasses fruit food. It is spread all over the country with a long history. A food made from fruits and vegetables such as peach, apricot, plum, jujube, wax gourd and ginger is pickled with sugar or honey. Candied fruit can be eaten directly as snacks or snacks, and can also be used as an ornament on snacks such as cakes and biscuits.

In the Tang Dynasty, the fruits presented to the imperial court were preserved by soaking in honey. In the Song Dynasty, the production was fine and varied, from honey pickling to dual-purpose sucrose drying. After fruit selection, elutriation, soaking, boiling and other processes, the color and taste are good.